*<b>Selection Committee Chair Leadership Development - Pennsylvania Convention Center 307A, 8:00am, breakfast, meeting 8:30-10am.</b> This is a leadership training session for YALSA's Selection & Award Committee Chairs. All current and out-going Selection & Award Committee Chairs are expected to attend. In-coming Selection & Award Committee Chairs are welcome to attend, but are not required to do so. Directors on YALSA's Board are also expected to attend. Never been a Selection or Award Committee Chair, but thinking about being one? Come to this event to learn the leadership basics for these particular types of committees.

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*<b>Selection Committee Chair Leadership Development - Pennsylvania Convention Center 307A, 8:00am, breakfast, meeting 8:30-10am.</b> This is a leadership training session for YALSA's Selection & Award Committee Chairs. All current and out-going Selection & Award Committee Chairs are expected to attend. In-coming Selection & Award Committee Chairs are welcome to attend, but are not required to do so. Directors on YALSA's Board are also expected to attend. Never been a Selection or Award Committee Chair, but thinking about being one? Come to this event to learn the leadership basics for these particular types of committees. A continental breakfast will be served. This event is generously sponsored by [http://blinkyabooks.com/ Blink].

*<b>YALSA 201 - Pennsylvania Convention Center 111BA, 8:30-10am</b> Are you a YALSA member who's familiar with the basic programs, services and opportunities that the organization has to offer? Are you interested in becoming more involved in the association or are you ready to step up to a leadership position? If so, this event is designed for you! Come learn how to be more involved!

*<b>YALSA 201 - Pennsylvania Convention Center 111BA, 8:30-10am</b> Are you a YALSA member who's familiar with the basic programs, services and opportunities that the organization has to offer? Are you interested in becoming more involved in the association or are you ready to step up to a leadership position? If so, this event is designed for you! Come learn how to be more involved!

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*<b>Stand Up, Speak Up, Level Up With YALSA's Advocacy Benchmarks - Pennsylvania Convention Center 204B, 1:00-2:30pm</b> Come learn about YALSA's new advocacy benchmarks and give the team developing the materials feedback on what they've put together. The Benchmarks are geared to anyone working with teens in libraries and provide ideas for beginning advocates, advocates with a bit of practice, and those who have a lot of experience in teen advocacy. Come to the session with your own examples and ideas of what you need in order to be a better advocate for teens in your community. Five lucky session attendees will win a free ticket to the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Reception on Monday from 10:30 to noon (a $19 value)!

*<b>Stand Up, Speak Up, Level Up With YALSA's Advocacy Benchmarks - Pennsylvania Convention Center 204B, 1:00-2:30pm</b> Come learn about YALSA's new advocacy benchmarks and give the team developing the materials feedback on what they've put together. The Benchmarks are geared to anyone working with teens in libraries and provide ideas for beginning advocates, advocates with a bit of practice, and those who have a lot of experience in teen advocacy. Come to the session with your own examples and ideas of what you need in order to be a better advocate for teens in your community. Five lucky session attendees will win a free ticket to the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Reception on Monday from 10:30 to noon (a $19 value)!

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*<b>A New Vision for Library Services for Teens: Findings from the Forum on Libraries and Teens- Pennsylvania Convention Center 103A, 3:00 - 4:00 PM</b> YALSA’s IMLS-funded National Forum on Teens and Libraries was a year-long effort that brought together key stakeholders from the areas of libraries, education, technology, adolescent development and the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to explore the world of young adults and library services for and with this population. This session will discuss the findings from this process and provide an overview of how libraries need to adapt to better meet the needs of 21st century teens. Report co-author Maureen Hartman and others will facilitate the session.

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*<b>A New Vision for Library Services for Teens: Findings from the Forum on Libraries and Teens- Pennsylvania Convention Center 103A, 3:00 - 4:00 PM</b> YALSA’s IMLS-funded National Forum on Teens and Libraries was a year-long effort that brought together key stakeholders from the areas of libraries, education, technology, adolescent development and the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to explore the world of young adults and library services for and with this population. This session will discuss the findings from this process and provide an overview of how libraries can adapt to better meet the needs of 21st century teens. Report co-authors Linda W. Braun and Maureen Hartman will facilitate the session. Come with ideas and questions! The report will be available at [http://www.ala.org/yaforum www.ala.org/yaforum] beginning Jan. 6th. This session is generously sponsored by [http://www.tutor.com/ Tutor.com]. Light refreshments will be served.

The HJ Weinberg Foundation has embarked on a multi-year, collaborative effort to design, build, equip, and staff new or renovated elementary/middle school libraries in high-poverty Baltimore neighborhoods where many students face academic challenges. Join Weinberg Foundation staff member, Kate Sorestad, at this session to learn about and the findings from year one of the project, and to discuss its implications for future school library development.

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Can't attend the Youth Media Awards? Watch it live online at: http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2014/live/ or follow via Twitter with the hashtag #alayma

Can't attend the Youth Media Awards? Watch it live online at: http://live.webcastinc.com/ala/2014/live/ or follow via Twitter with the hashtag #alayma

Come celebrate the 2014 honorees and winners for the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris Morris Award], including [http://www.stephaniekuehn.com Stephanie Kuehn] & [http://evanroskos.com/ Evan Roskos], and the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction YA Nonfiction Award]! Enjoy coffee, tea and danish and listen to the winners and finalists speak about their honored titles. After the speeches, mingle with the authors and pick up free copies of their books. The Morris finalists and Nonfiction finalists were announced the first week of December. Tickets are $19 and include a continental breakfast and 3-5 free books, generously donated by the publishers. Purchase your ticket via the ALA [http://alamw14.ala.org/ticketed-events web site].

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Come celebrate the 2014 honorees and winners for the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/morris Morris Award] and the [http://www.ala.org/yalsa/nonfiction YA Nonfiction Award]! Enjoy coffee, tea and danish and listen to the winners and finalists speak about their honored titles. After the speeches, mingle with the authors and pick up free copies of their books. The Morris finalists and Nonfiction finalists were announced the first week of December. Tickets are $19 and include a continental breakfast and 2-3 free books, generously donated by the publishers. Authors attending the event will be available to sign attendees' books. Breakfast, books and 10 fab YA authors -- it's the best deal at Midwinter! Purchase your ticket via the ALA [http://alamw14.ala.org/ticketed-events web site]. The following authors have confirmed their attendance at this event:

*Finish the day at the <b>ALSC/YALSA Member Reception</b> from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (Liberty A.) Light refreshments will be served. Cash bar.

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*Finish the day at the <b>ALSC/YALSA Member Reception</b> from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (Liberty A.) Hors d'oeuvres will be served, and all attendees will get one drink ticket. This event is being sponsored by the [http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/library-systems-NA/library-technologies/ebook-lending/ 3M Cloud Library].

==YALSA in the Exhibit Hall==

==YALSA in the Exhibit Hall==

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YALSA will host a [http://www.ala.org/teentechweek Teen Tech Week] booth #439 in the exhibit hall. Stop by to say hi, get your member ribbon and to find resources to help you plan great DIY activities in your library. To learn more about the exhibit hall, visit ALA's [http://alamw14.ala.org/general-exhibits-info web site].

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YALSA will host a [http://www.ala.org/teentechweek Teen Tech Week] booth #439 in the exhibit hall. Stop by to say hi, get your member ribbon and to find resources to help you plan great DIY activities in your library. To learn more about the exhibit hall, visit ALA's [http://alamw14.ala.org/general-exhibits-info web site]. Don't forget to pack your business cards! You'll need one to enter into our daily drawing for a chance to win one of 4 $100 Best Buy gift cards, which the winner can use to purchase anything techie to help their library prepare for Teen Tech Week!

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Meetings of the Board of Directors are open to all members in good standing who wish to listen and observe proceedings. Members are asked to respect the fact that directors have an agenda to discuss and there may not be time for new business. Members are welcome to sit in the chairs around the perimeter of the room so that directors can be seated together for conversing and vote tallies. Members are welcome to share their comments, ideas, requests, etc. during the “Information Forum” that begins each meeting. If there are a number of guests wanting to speak, it may be necessary to set time limits for speaking. Members may not introduce new topics or speak during the board's general business, unless called upon by the President for input.

Meetings of the Board of Directors are open to all members in good standing who wish to listen and observe proceedings. Members are asked to respect the fact that directors have an agenda to discuss and there may not be time for new business. Members are welcome to sit in the chairs around the perimeter of the room so that directors can be seated together for conversing and vote tallies. Members are welcome to share their comments, ideas, requests, etc. during the “Information Forum” that begins each meeting. If there are a number of guests wanting to speak, it may be necessary to set time limits for speaking. Members may not introduce new topics or speak during the board's general business, unless called upon by the President for input.

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If you're a YALSA member, that means you're an ALA member, too! You are also welcome to check out the ALA governance meetings that are going on. All meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (a headquarters hotel) in Independence rooms I&II

*Digital Content Working Group Update, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in room 201C in the convention center

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Working Group leadership (Sari Feldman, Bob Wolven, and Alan S. Inouye) will provide an update on recent happenings and 2014 plans about ALA digital content initiatives. As libraries’ place in the reading ecosystem is experiencing fundamental change, so too is the place of authors. This session features a panel on author perspectives. Ginger Clark, a literary agent and a representative of the Association of Author’s Representatives will discuss authors’ concerns about publishing in the digital age. Peter Brantley from the non-profit Hypothes.is will discuss the new possibilities available to authors enabled by technological innovation. How can libraries best bring together authors and readers in the digital age?

The majority of the conference will take place in the Pennsylvania Convention Center located at 1101 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19107. Some sessions will be held at various hotels, depending on the unit sponsoring them. Detailed location information for sessions will be available in November when the Scheduler opens.

Selected YALSA Events

YALSA Research Forum - Pennsylvania Convention Center 103A, 3:00-4:00pm This session introduces an ongoing project of the YALSA Research Committee on curating existing data sets about the lives of young people, and connecting these topics - social media, health, education, literacy, college preparation, and others - to YA library services. Following some brief sharing on the project, participants will gather in break-out groups to explore ways this research relates to young adult programs and services. The session will conclude with a group debriefing.

Saturday, January 25

Selection Committee Chair Leadership Development - Pennsylvania Convention Center 307A, 8:00am, breakfast, meeting 8:30-10am. This is a leadership training session for YALSA's Selection & Award Committee Chairs. All current and out-going Selection & Award Committee Chairs are expected to attend. In-coming Selection & Award Committee Chairs are welcome to attend, but are not required to do so. Directors on YALSA's Board are also expected to attend. Never been a Selection or Award Committee Chair, but thinking about being one? Come to this event to learn the leadership basics for these particular types of committees. A continental breakfast will be served. This event is generously sponsored by Blink.

YALSA 201 - Pennsylvania Convention Center 111BA, 8:30-10am Are you a YALSA member who's familiar with the basic programs, services and opportunities that the organization has to offer? Are you interested in becoming more involved in the association or are you ready to step up to a leadership position? If so, this event is designed for you! Come learn how to be more involved!

Best Fiction for Young Adults Teen Session- Pennsylvania Convention Center 126A, 1:00pm-3:00pm Come hear local Philadelphia area teens talk about their favorite picks for the 2014 BFYA list.

YALSA Trends Impacting YA Services: Sex, Mind, and Body: How Guys and Girls Search for Health Information - Pennsylvania Convention Center 102A, 4:30-5:30pm Hosted by YALSA Past Presidents. Dr. Lesley Farmer coordinates the Teacher Librarian program at California State University Long Beach. Her presentation explores gender issues of teen technology use to find health information and offers recommendations to insure optimal library services to address health information needs of all teens. Enjoy light refreshments as you hear about the details of Dr. Farmer's findings. This event is generously sponsored by Blink.

YALSA Happy Hour - McGillin's Olde Ale House at 1310 Drury Lane

Drop in any time between 5:30 to 7:00 PM. Enjoy drink specials, mingle with other YALSA members and supporters, and win cool YALSA swag. Cash bar.

Sunday, January 26

Digital Badges Update: A New Way to Learn & Show What you Know, - Pennsylvania Convention Center 108B, 8:30 - 10:00 AM, This session will show you how the YALSA's Badges for Librarians professional development system works. You'll find out exactly how you can virtually earn badges that connect with YALSA's Competencies for Librarians Serving Youth. You'll also see how you can display your badges on resumes, Facebook pages, and other social networks so that employers, colleagues, and others can easily see what skills you have.

Coffee with the Candidates - Pennsylvania Convention Center 103A, 10:30 - 11:30 AM Meet and mingle with the candidates who are on the ballot for the 2013 election, including President-Elect and Board of Directors at Large. Candidates will have the opportunity to talk about why they want to serve on YALSA's Board of Directors and attendees will have the chance to mingle with the candidates and ask questions. Light refreshments and door prizes.

Stand Up, Speak Up, Level Up With YALSA's Advocacy Benchmarks - Pennsylvania Convention Center 204B, 1:00-2:30pm Come learn about YALSA's new advocacy benchmarks and give the team developing the materials feedback on what they've put together. The Benchmarks are geared to anyone working with teens in libraries and provide ideas for beginning advocates, advocates with a bit of practice, and those who have a lot of experience in teen advocacy. Come to the session with your own examples and ideas of what you need in order to be a better advocate for teens in your community. Five lucky session attendees will win a free ticket to the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Reception on Monday from 10:30 to noon (a $19 value)!

A New Vision for Library Services for Teens: Findings from the Forum on Libraries and Teens- Pennsylvania Convention Center 103A, 3:00 - 4:00 PM YALSA’s IMLS-funded National Forum on Teens and Libraries was a year-long effort that brought together key stakeholders from the areas of libraries, education, technology, adolescent development and the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to explore the world of young adults and library services for and with this population. This session will discuss the findings from this process and provide an overview of how libraries can adapt to better meet the needs of 21st century teens. Report co-authors Linda W. Braun and Maureen Hartman will facilitate the session. Come with ideas and questions! The report will be available at www.ala.org/yaforum beginning Jan. 6th. This session is generously sponsored by Tutor.com. Light refreshments will be served.

The HJ Weinberg Foundation has embarked on a multi-year, collaborative effort to design, build, equip, and staff new or renovated elementary/middle school libraries in high-poverty Baltimore neighborhoods where many students face academic challenges. Join Weinberg Foundation staff member, Kate Sorestad, at this session to learn about and the findings from year one of the project, and to discuss its implications for future school library development.

Monday January 27

It's the most exciting day in youth literature, as the annual Youth Media Awards are announced, from 8-9:15 AM (eastern) Monday morning at the Pennsylvania Convention Center Grand Ballroom A. Be there to find out who wins the Printz Award for literary excellence, the Edwards Award for for significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature, the Alex Awards, honoring the top ten adult book with youth appeal, the Morris award honoring a debut book published by a first-time author writing for teens, YALSA's Nonfiction Award for excellence in nonfiction, and the Odyssey Award for excellence in audiobook production for youth. Never been to the Youth Media Awards before? See what it's all about via these highlights from last year's event!

Be sure you get your ticket for the Morris & Nonfiction Award Program & Presentation from 10:30 AM to noon, Pennsylvania Convention Center room 103B.

Come celebrate the 2014 honorees and winners for the Morris Award and the YA Nonfiction Award! Enjoy coffee, tea and danish and listen to the winners and finalists speak about their honored titles. After the speeches, mingle with the authors and pick up free copies of their books. The Morris finalists and Nonfiction finalists were announced the first week of December. Tickets are $19 and include a continental breakfast and 2-3 free books, generously donated by the publishers. Authors attending the event will be available to sign attendees' books. Breakfast, books and 10 fab YA authors -- it's the best deal at Midwinter! Purchase your ticket via the ALA web site. The following authors have confirmed their attendance at this event:

Finish the day at the ALSC/YALSA Member Reception from 6:00 to 7:30 pm at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (Liberty A.) Hors d'oeuvres will be served, and all attendees will get one drink ticket. This event is being sponsored by the 3M Cloud Library.

YALSA in the Exhibit Hall

YALSA will host a Teen Tech Week booth #439 in the exhibit hall. Stop by to say hi, get your member ribbon and to find resources to help you plan great DIY activities in your library. To learn more about the exhibit hall, visit ALA's web site. Don't forget to pack your business cards! You'll need one to enter into our daily drawing for a chance to win one of 4 $100 Best Buy gift cards, which the winner can use to purchase anything techie to help their library prepare for Teen Tech Week!

YALSA Governance at Conference

YALSA's Board of Directors has three meetings at the ALA Midwinter Meeting. Board meetings are open meetings and any individual who is registered for the conference may sit in on the meetings. The first 10 minutes of each meeting are set aside for visitors and board members to use as an 'open forum' where anyone can share information, ask questions, etc. The meeting schedule is as follows:

The Board agenda and documents are finalized two weeks prior to the conference and posted online. Anyone interested in viewing the agenda for the Board meeting, as well as the documents that accompany the agenda items, may view or download them from the Governance section of the YALSA web site. To learn about past Board meetings and actions, visit the Governance page on YALSA's web site to read the minutes from past meetings. If you have questions about governance matters or want to share an idea, comment or question, please feel free to contact YALSA'sPresident, or Beth Yoke. To stay up to date on the latest governance and Board issues, check out the YALSAblog. The President will post regular updates during and after the Midwinter Meeting.

Meetings of the Board of Directors are open to all members in good standing who wish to listen and observe proceedings. Members are asked to respect the fact that directors have an agenda to discuss and there may not be time for new business. Members are welcome to sit in the chairs around the perimeter of the room so that directors can be seated together for conversing and vote tallies. Members are welcome to share their comments, ideas, requests, etc. during the “Information Forum” that begins each meeting. If there are a number of guests wanting to speak, it may be necessary to set time limits for speaking. Members may not introduce new topics or speak during the board's general business, unless called upon by the President for input.

If you're a YALSA member, that means you're an ALA member, too! You are also welcome to check out the ALA governance meetings that are going on. All meetings are at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown (a headquarters hotel) in Independence rooms I&II

YALSA Online at Conference

The official hashtag for the conference is #alamw14. When tweeting about YALSA at the conference, be sure to add @yalsa as well

The YALSAblog will cover some events at the conference. For Tweets related to YALSA's book awards, please use #alayma

YALSA Office Area & Staff On-Site

ALA provides an office area to all units where members can go to get badge ribbons, fliers, etc. Location TBD.

Staff are typically not in the office area, but are assisting with the various member programs and meetings.

ALA Events of Interest

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Ongoing

From Saturday-Monday at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, in convention center room 305 ALA will be hosting 'kitchen table conversations.' ALA is planning four conversations per day, each with 16 participants. They will begin on Saturday, January 25, and run through Monday, January 27: 8:30-10:00am, 10:30-noon, 1:00-2:30pm, 3:00-4:30pm. To ensure a seat, please register in advance registration by contacting Mary Ghikas at ALA (mghikas@ala.org) and providing a 1st and 2nd choice of day/time. ALA will fill spaces on a first-come basis. These conversations with ALA members and attendees will be about their aspirations for ALA as their professional community. These conversations are a step in the process of making ALA an innovation space where members and staff can collaborate and create together.

Friday

The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) program, Loew's Hotel Howe Room, 8:00-9:30 p.m. This Midwinter's USBBY program, jointly sponsored by AASL, ALSC, and YALSA, will feature author Maryann Macdonald, whose novel-in-verse Odette's Secrets is Bluebonnet nominee. Macdonald also served as the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) ambassador to the United Nations for many years. In addition, the 2014 Outstanding International Books list will be presented. Bloomsbury is generously sponsoring a reception to follow.

Digital Content Working Group Update, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. in room 201C in the convention center

Working Group leadership (Sari Feldman, Bob Wolven, and Alan S. Inouye) will provide an update on recent happenings and 2014 plans about ALA digital content initiatives. As libraries’ place in the reading ecosystem is experiencing fundamental change, so too is the place of authors. This session features a panel on author perspectives. Ginger Clark, a literary agent and a representative of the Association of Author’s Representatives will discuss authors’ concerns about publishing in the digital age. Peter Brantley from the non-profit Hypothes.is will discuss the new possibilities available to authors enabled by technological innovation. How can libraries best bring together authors and readers in the digital age?

Sunday

Transforming Inner City School Libraries to Increase Student Achievement, 10:30am - 11:30am. The HJ Weinberg Foundation has embarked on a multi-year, collaborative effort to design, build, equip, and staff new or renovated elementary/middle school libraries in high-poverty Baltimore neighborhoods where many students face academic challenges. Join Weinberg Foundation Program Officer, Kate Sorestad, at this session to learn about and the findings from year one of the project, and to discuss its implications for future school library development. Lear more about the Library Project via the Weinberg Foundation web site.

Youth Council Caucus, 11:30 am 12:30 pm, convention center 107 B

Bridging the Terminology: A Collaborative Effort to Help High School Students Transition to College, 1:00 pm 02:30 pm, convention center 113C (LIRT)

21st Century Learning: Reimagining the Role of Libraries and Librarians, 4:30 - 5:30pm, convention center 201C. Presenters Richard Arum, Kiley Larson, Anindya Kundu, and Erin Bradley will discuss the Learning Labs and YOUmedia sites, which serve as illustrative examples of how libraries can integrate new models of learning to increase their capacities to connect with teenagers around digital media. Libraries and librarians can benefit from learning more about how these unique spaces rely on methods of connecting youth with interests, peers, and opportunities that are grounded in on-going research. This session will also touch on the importance of leveraging community resources and networks to cultivate partnerships with diverse outside institutions to increase capacities. The session will also explore how librarians and expert mentors can be included as partners and facilitators in the development of learning environments that create more pathways to opportunity for teens, and provide concrete examples of how libraries can continue to incorporate digital technologies and reach teens.

Local Information

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Dining Options near the Convention Center

Reading Terminal Market(12th St. & Arch St.)Philadelphia's historic farmer's market is home to a wide variety of merchants. Highlights include DiNic's for their famous roast pork sandwiches and Bassett's Ice Cream.

Want to see it all? Philadelphia CityPASS might be for you. It offers discounted admission to some of Philadelphia's most popular attractions, including The Franklin Institute, Adventure Aquarium, Philadelphia Trolley Works & The Big Bus Company, Philadelphia Zoo or National Constitution Center, and Eastern State Penitentiary or Please Touch Museum.